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Jeffersonville in midst of $2 million expansion of athletic complex

The city's park authority said they just discovered the city might not own the land.

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Updated: 6:31 PM EDT Jul 26, 2016

Jeffersonville in midst of $2 million expansion of athletic complex

The city's park authority said they just discovered the city might not own the land.

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WEBVTT COMPLEX >> MAN, IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST FIELD IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. ONE OF THE BEST, FOR SURE. TURF FIELD IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE. MARK: CAULDON FELDHAUS GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER IN JEFFERSONVILLE AND SAYS THE WOEHRLE ATHLETIC COMPLEX HAS UPPED HIS GAME BUT, NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS HAS ANY RECORD OF OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY EVEN THOUGH THEY SPENT $5 MILLION TO BUILD IT TWO YEARS AGO AND ARE SPENDING $2 MILLION MORE ON PHASE TW >> ON THE SURFACE, WE'RE WORKING AND SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ON PARK THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN. MARK: PARKS AUTHORITY PRESIDENT BILL BURNS SAYS THE LAND W FIRST GIVEN TO THE CLARK COUNTY SOCCER ASSOCIATION BY THE LATE JOHN WOEHRLE. THE SOCCER ASSOCIATION WAS SUPPOSED TO DEED PART OF THE LAND TO THE CITY A FEW YEARS AGO IN EXCHANGE FOR DEVELOPING THE COMPLEX. HE THINKS THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD ALSO BE MOWING THE SOCCER FIELDS, SOMETHING THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DOING. >> AS THE NEW PARKS AUTHORITY, WE'VE COME IN AND WE'RE JUST DOING SOME DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT THE PRIOR PARKS AUTHORITY, WHICH WAS THE PRIOR CITY COUNCIL, HAS DONE IN THE PAS MARK: THE SOCCER ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT, PAUL DUCKWORTH, SAYS HE DID SIGN PAPERS WITH THE PREVIOUS PARKS AUTHORITY, BUT HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE COPIES. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM SIGNING THE DOCUMENT AGAIN AND JUST GETTING IT ALL STRAIGHTENED AWAY. MARK: HE JUST HOPES THE FLAP DOESN'T HARM THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX WHERE TOURNAMENTS DRAW ABOUT 30,000 PLAYERS A YEAR FROM ALL OVER THE MIDWEST. >> ALL THESE PEOPLE, ONCE THE COME HERE, THEY GOT TO GO EAT SOMEWHERE. AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE COME IN SPENDING, GOT TO

Jeffersonville in midst of $2 million expansion of athletic complex

The city's park authority said they just discovered the city might not own the land.